How to retain Remove Ads in app purchase after app has closed - ios

Question

I have successfully removed ads from the app with an in app purchase.
The problem is that if I close the app and reopen. The ads start up again.
I have 2 main scenes. The GameOverScene and the GameScene. The In App Purchase happens in the GameOverScene.
GameOverScene.m :
- (void)OnRemoveADS {
[self showPurchaseAlert: IAP_Q_RemoveADS :0];
g_bRemoveADS = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey: #"REMOVEADS"];
// For HZInterstitialAd, HZVideoAd, and HZIncentivizedAd, just check the BOOL to see if an ad should be shown
if (!g_bRemoveADS) {
[HZInterstitialAd show];
[self removeBannerAds];
[self disableAds];
NSLog(#"Disable ads is called");
}
}
- (void)removeBannerAds {
HZBannerAdOptions *options = [[HZBannerAdOptions alloc] init];
[HZBannerAd placeBannerInView:self.view
position:HZBannerPositionBottom
options:options
success:^(HZBannerAd *banner) {
if (g_bRemoveADS) { // case (2)
// Just discard the banner
[banner setHidden: YES];
[banner removeFromSuperview];
banner = nil;
//_currentBannerAd = banner;
NSLog(#"Banner ad removed!GameOverScene");
} else {
// Keep a reference to the current banner ad, so we can remove it from screen later if we want to disable ads.
_currentBannerAd = banner;
}
NSLog(#"Ad Shown! GameOverScene");
}
failure:^(NSError *error) {
NSLog(#"Error = %#",error);
}];
}
- (void)disableAds {
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:#"REMOVEADS"];
[_currentBannerAd removeFromSuperview]; // case (3)
}
GameScene.m :
-(id) init {
if (self = [super init]) {
if (!g_bRemoveADS) {
g_bRemoveADS=FALSE;
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:g_bRemoveADS forKey:#"REMOVEADS"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
} else {
g_bRemoveADS=TRUE;
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:g_bRemoveADS forKey:#"REMOVEADS"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
}
}
}
The way I'm trying to solve it is by using the same code from the GameOverScene.m in the AppDelegate.m that way when the app starts up it will remove the ads.
AppDelegate.m :
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
g_bRemoveADS = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey: #"REMOVEADS"];
if (!g_bRemoveADS) {
[HZInterstitialAd show];
[self disableAds];
NSLog(#"Disable ads is called");
}
}

Answer 1

Out of my perspective you have one negation to much.
if (!g_bRemoveADS) { should be replaced with if (g_bRemoveADS) { in GameOverScene.m.
if (g_bRemoveADS) {
[HZInterstitialAd show];
[self removeBannerAds];
[self disableAds];
NSLog(#"Disable ads is called");
}
g_bRemoveADS evaluates to TRUE when the respective user-default is set. When it is set, then you call the removeBannerAds stuff etc. which seems to be the deactivation action.

Answer 2

You have to synchronise your NSUserDefaults after changing changing a value in your disableAds method with:
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]synchronize];